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This month's Petite Fashion Challenge is hosted by the talented DIY'er, SewPetiteGal. Please be sure to check out her post for links to all the participant's outfits.

The challenge: Candy Colorized - Take a bowl full of colorful candies, close your eyes, and draw 2-3 pieces. Now use those colors (+ a neutral of your choosing) to form the basis for your ensemble.
H&M tunic dress, J.Crew belt, Adia Kibur necklace (from a friend),

Before I got around to closing my eyes and letting the candy gods pick my PFC fate, I peered into my bag of Starburst and noticed how starkly familiar the colors were. They were a perfect match for a new dress and necklace lying around, both of which I have been very eager to wear.
I fell in love with this tunic dress online back in March, but was too late. With H&M, the good, affordable stuff tend to sell out in a matter of days, so I was ecstatic to find this lone dress hanging on the clearance rack for $10, three months later, in my size nonetheless. A quick look told me that the dress had been abused...holes from being run over repeatedly by rolling racks, sash belt torn off, and seams coming apart like it had been stretched out then returned. I got another 10% off for the damages, and brought the poor thing home for some TLC.
The fit of this tunic dress is extremely similar to my other H&M shift pre-alterations, but even longer. It's very "nightgown" on me as-is, but I knew it was intended to be worn with it's (missing) belt. For this brightly-colored outfit,
I
decided to use matte gold as my "neutral." I cinched the shapeless waist and pulled up some of the length using an old gold belt, protected my eyes with gold-rimmed aviators, and finished the look with some barely-there flat gold flat sandals - my summer staple (similar here).
This challenge brought back some interesting memories for me. Ever since I was a little kid, I've had a huge sweet tooth for fruity candy. Unfortunately, candy during my childhood was saved away for rare, special occasions. I remember waiting patiently until my parents fell
asleep, before tip-toeing into the kitchen, climbing onto bar stools and
counters, and finding the secret stash that was being saved from last
Halloween. I would gingerly slip back into bed, clutching onto my
Twizzler stick or DumDum pop, and savor it like it was my last meal on
earth before slipping into "sweet" dreams.

The next
morning, I would wake up to Dad's stern face peering at me in bed. "Did
you steal candy again??" "N...n..no! Of course not!" I'd stammer
groggily. Dad:
"Then what's this lollipop stick doing glued to the side of your head?"
To this day, my parents never fail to remind me of those stories.This was the perfect weekend outfit for strolling around town and enjoying al-fresco drinks. Just as I thought the day couldn't get more relaxing, we got drenched to the bones in a torrential downpour. On the bright side, it was a free "cleaning" for this dress, and I got to warm up afterwards with yummy pho : )

This has been a Petite Fashion Challenge. To find out more about Petite Fashion Challenges and how you can sign up, visit this thread in the Alterations Needed forum for petites.

Your childhood anecdote is HILARIOUS! I'm really loving the bits of humor in your recent posts :) The necklace and dress (glad you were able to find it) are perfect for the challenge and look gorgeous on you!

Love your outfit. I would not have necessarily thought of adding such a busy necklace to a printed dress but I see it looks amazing! Great styling and awesome entry. -I went a little crazy with this challenge, thinking we were to chose 3-4 candies, I chose 4 and added a neutral.

I hope you check out my entry and if you do please leave me your thoughts on it!

This dress was practically MADE for this challenge. So many colours, yet they all complement each other very well. My parents used to hide candy from my siblings and I when we were younger too! They would lay out a piece each for us in the mornings to take to school.. It's a little embarrassing to say that they stopped when we all reached high school!

There's a magenta version of the bag I posted here: http://notyouraveragebeachbum.blogspot.com/2012/06/debby-not-downer.html that would have been perfect in case you went shopping on your stroll around town!

Lovely color choice, you look beautiful in that dress. And you're always so good at fixing damaged/imperfect items, I would have probably left it on the rack ;) I love the change of scenery too. It's a nice contrast of the pretty dress with the rugged train tracks. Have a wonderful weekend :)

Beautiful dress and necklace. I tried this dress on but didn't think to belt and pull the top out. Too much of a nightgown fit for me. I will bring a belt into the dressing room the next time I see one of these dresses.

lovely colours on you. I saw the dress at H&M and tried it on - but did not like the fit. I am not even that petite and you could get 2-3 sophies in it!;-) I should look into developing an alterations support team.

About your childhood story:1) HAHA at saving last Halloween's candy for next Halloween. I can't SMH too hard because my Asian parents were the same way.2) Wish I knew you when I was younger and gotten tips on sneaking around the house. Wood floor creaks like craaaazy. I couldn't even make it down the hallway without stepping on the wrong plank :(

Absolutely STUNNING! I would kill for that necklace. Jean, I find it amazing how you always seem to find garments at serious bargains, and then churn out outfits incorporating said pieces that are. so. dang. gorgeous.

Hi Jean! I think I saw you and Nick last Friday in NYC Chinatown in this dress! I should have said hi, now regretting! Anyways, you looked amazing in person, and so tiny! It is so hard to wear such bright pattern dress, you definitely pull it off! Great Job!

Yeah for bargains! I just picked up a few items this week too! I think I tried on this one in the store before too, bit it looked horrible on me, can't believe the solution was so obvious, add a belt! Great outfit!